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26 Men, 29 PlanesLoston ForrestalSAIGON CAP) — Flames and the wind to launch strikes this explosions killed at least 26 men morning, 35-mile*per-hour gustsand destroyed or damaged 29 swept, over the vast flight deck U.S. jet planes today in a holo* and a loaded auxiliary fuel tankcaust aboard the aircraft car- ( dropped from an A4E Skyhawk rier Forrestal off North Viet- fighter jet. The fuel was some*nnm.The U.S. Command announced many others among the mammoth ship’s 4,300-man crow were injured or missing in the fire and blasting of bombs.how ignited by a superhot steamcatapult.Mass of FlamesWithin minutes the flight deck was a mass of flames and bombs, and rockets and fuelrockets and fuel set off 011 the tanks went off wildly. The flames flight deck by flames from an and explosions thrust into theexploding A4E Ekyhawk. Authorities said it would takecavernous hangar deck where ammunition, rockets and bombssome time to establish an accu- worlt; being readied for the next rate casualty count. Some of strike.the missing leaped from the flight deck into the sea to escape the flames.Officers and men at battle stations grappled with the spreading fire. Groups of menAlhough the command said it i manhandled 1,000-pound bombs had no hard figures except for °1ver side. More men pushedthe 26 known dead, other sourc-; damaged, burning jet aircraft es said at least 41 men were *nt0 the Tonkin Gulf.injured. Later counts were ex- The Navy reported that the pected to send this toll far high- ! worst of the flames on the For-er.rMany .lumpedtreslal’s flight deck were contained after an hour and IB The U.S. Command said “pcr/minutes of heroic effort. In thens accounted f 0 r may in- 1an£ar dock the searing flameswere not quelled until 3 hourscsonselude those transferred to otherships by helicopter lop msdicsl treatment and others whojumped from the flight deck 31 into the water to avoid the fireexplosions. Smaller fires continued to burn in the carpenter shop, some adjacent compart*ersYsand were picked up by other | mcnts and isolated spots.ships.ffRear Adm. Harvey P, Lan-The grim disaster far over-1 ham. who flew his flag as com-shadowed the scattered land mander of Carrier Division IIfighting, throwing into the back-1 from the Forrestal’* masthead, ground even a fierce Commu-! radioed:nist mortar and rocket barrage 1 In the hour following theon four key outposts guarding start of the fire I saw moreSaigon early today.heroic instances than I canMost of the Forrestal casual-. ™unt. With great disregard of ties were flown to the carriers exploding ordnance, men rushedOriskany and Bon Homme Rich- in to fight the fire.”ard.The76,000-ton Forrestal,Posts Hitlust outside Saigon Commu-America’s third largest aircraft, nist gunners unloaded about 400 carrier, had reached Yankee i rounds of mortar and 122mmStation in the Gulf of Tonkin j rocket fire on four military just last Tuesday. From her: posts guarding the northernpost 150 miles north-northeast of route to Saigon from the guer-Dong Hoi, North Vietnam, the rilla-infcsted War Zone D.,Forrestal had begun launching 1 The shellings killed 3 Ameri-bombing raids against Commu-! cans and wounded 25. Southnist facilities.Vietnamese casualties were 3nLate today, with some fires dead and 47 wounded, Including still smouldering, the Forrestal i 12 civilians.s left her battle station and; The four camps answered;ytdsteamed under her own power with artillery, and the exchangetoward an undisclosed port.shook Saigon windows for threeAs the Forrestal headed into hours before dawn today.BUSINESS AS USUAL — Banking hours continued uninterrupted at th«tional Bank of Edgerton this morning after disclosure was made last night thatA*■the firm’s head teller had allegedly fled with an estimated $99,000 in cash Ongfi Wednesday, (Gazette Photo) £Edgerton Bank Tellerf#. t . 1M %*»*Sought in Cash Theft\ • *f *EDGERTON-Richard J. Eng-ler, 37, head teller at the National Bank of Edgerton, is the subject of a Federal Bureau of Investigation search in connection with the alleged theft of$99,000 from« • « « ♦ I i ».WI I • mm M . • lt;IMSthe bank Wednesday.A f e d e r a I warrant for his arrest was issued yesterday in Madison after his car was found illegally parked in the parking lot at Engler o’Hare Inter-national Airport in Chicago Thursday morning.Discovery of the car, a 1965convertible, was the first tangible evidence involving Englcr.been discovered.Kiniery denied earlier reports that several keys to safety deposit boxes had also been found in the car. Kiniery further stated that Engler could not have had access to the bank’s safety deposits,U.S. Attorney Jedmund Nix was quoted as saying in Madison this morning that there is a possibility that the money stolen would be in excess of $99,000 but that the exact amount would not be determined until a 72-hour time lock is opened this after* noon.Bond Covers Loss Kiniery said the theft is cov* ercd by a $1 million surety bond I and will not result in any loss to patrons of the bank. He said business will continue as usual at the bank.al Milton College, he previously had been employed by Highway Trailer Industries in Edgerton and worked as a sales represent* ative for Shell Oil, Rockford. He also was a former office manag*er for Family Finance Co., Janesville.Bond of $130,000 was recommended in the FBI warrant.The Engler family has main* taincd a residence at 305 N. Main St., in Edgerton.UAW GivesNew Pitchtor Sharina
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Janesville Daily Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jul 29, 1967
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